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Companies located within SITE area Valika Textile Mills was the first to locate here in 1947 and the founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah was asked to lay the foundation stone of it. [3] One of the international companies, for example, located at SITE Karachi is Exide Pakistan Limited which manufactures and markets automotive batteries. [6]
According to the Economic complexity index, Pakistan is the 67th largest export economy in the world and the 106th most complex economy. [10] During the fiscal year 2015–16, Pakistan's exports stood at US$20.81 billion and imports at US$44.76 billion, resulting in a negative trade balance of US$23.96 billion. [11]
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Pakistan are areas designated by the government of Pakistan to promote industrial growth and attract investment. In Pakistan, the SEZ Act was established on 13 September 2012, alongside the subsequent notification of SEZ Rules within the same year. [1] [2]
The Sindh Industrial & Trading Estate was established in 1947 and has grown into the largest industrial area in Pakistan with more than 2,000 industrial units on 4,500 acres (18 km 2) of land west of the Lyari River. The estate benefits from the proximity of the Port of Karachi and various roads linking to the rest of Pakistan. The town grew up ...
Karachi is one of the world's fastest-growing cities, [32] and has significant communities representing almost every ethnic group in Pakistan. Karachi holds more than two million Bengali immigrants, a million Afghan refugees, and up to 400,000 Rohingyas from Myanmar. [33] [34] [35] Karachi is now Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre.
Karachi: Petroleum [2] 4: United Bank Limited: Rs. 467.92 billion (US$1.6 billion) Karachi: Banking [2] 5: Fauji Fertilizer Company: Rs. 466.05 billion (US$1.6 billion) Rawalpindi: Fertilizer [2] 6: Meezan Bank: Rs. 433.43 billion (US$1.5 billion) Karachi: Banking [2] 7: Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan: Rs. 364.96 billion (US$1.3 billion) Karachi ...
In 1958, the capital of Pakistan was moved from Karachi to Rawalpindi. The foreign embassies in Karachi moved to the newly developed capital Islamabad, near Rawalpindi. There are Consulates and Honorary Consulates as Diplomatic missions in the actual Federal Capital of Pakistan, Karachi. This is a list of Consulates-General in Karachi, Sindh ...
Containers at the Karachi International Container Terminal at the Port of Karachi. Aerial view of Gwadar harbour, showing the international port in the background and the fishing harbour in the foreground. All seaports in Pakistan are maintained and governed by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The three largest ...